180 movies
Misunderstandings of Miscarriage
October 1, 2020At age 31, after experiencing her second miscarriage, Tahyna MacManus was devastated, lost, angry and, despite those around her, felt terribly alone. She picked up a camera and started to record her story and in doing so found her tribe. Resilient, courageous women speaking of their sadness, their shame and their guilt while still holding onto hope. Tahyna discovers that 1 in 4 Australian women experience miscarriage so why aren’t we talking about it? In this highly intimate journey, Tahyna is on a mission to lift the lid on all that shame, provide some answers and make sure that women no longer walk this path alone. But first, she has to face her own fears.
What does blood have to do with identity? Kendra Mylnechuk, an adult Native adoptee, born in 1980 at the cusp of the enactment of the Indian Child Welfare Act, is on a journey to reconnect with her birth family and discover her Lummi heritage.
Roots
October 1, 2010A probate lawyer handles the will and testament of his recently deceased elderly clients and uncovers a shocking secret about their middle-aged son's unusual roots.
Daddy
July 1, 2015When he finds out his girl is pregnant, a troubled teen changes his ways and tries passionately to prepare for fatherhood, but he has an extremely hard time coping with the unexpected challenge.
Damaged Hearts
February 21, 1924Sentimental Journey
March 17, 1984A precocious child has a profound effect on the lives of a successful Broadway producer and her husband.
I Think You've Been Looking for Me
May 1, 2018After 48 years of emotional longing, a mother meets her son who she relinquished at birth. In the months after the reunion, Dorothy and Joe must overcome nearly five decades of separation in order to reconnect.
Through divorce, adoption and second marriages, none of the children in the Van Wijk family have the same biological parents.
La vie heureuse de maman Louise
April 8, 2016Adopce: Konkurz na rodiče
November 6, 2014Geographies of Kinship
November 10, 2019In this powerful tale about the rise of Korea’s global adoption program, four adult adoptees return to their country of birth and reconnect with their roots, mapping the geographies of kinship that bind them to a homeland they never knew.
D'une mère à l'autre
May 18, 2015Gloriana
November 6, 1916A newly adopted girl is doted on by her adopted father but faces indifference from her adopted mother. An incomplete copy exists at the National Archives Of Canada and the Library of Congress.
Moon Child
October 12, 2018A movie about two women who are mothers to the same child, and a child who belongs to two different worlds.
All My Fathers
February 16, 2010Jan's father is not his father at all. The directors knows this and takes this fact as the starting point for a very personal documentary film project about the search for his biological father(s).
Little White Lie
March 3, 1945An orphan is uncertain whether she wants to remain with her adoptive family or return to the orphanage.
A Kind of Family
January 1, 1992This feature documentary tells the complex and touching story of Winnipeg city councilor Glen Murray and his 17-year-old adopted son Mike, whose struggles with addiction and behavioural problems cyclically repeat. Glen, now an Ontario Member of Provincial Parliament, was one of the first openly gay elected politicians in Canada. He adopted Mike during an era when homophobic stereotypes often prevented gay men and women from adopting children. Glen and Mike's relationship is always tenuous and always turbulent as they struggle to define themselves together and alone.
Boy Boy Girl Girl
April 30, 2018A dark comedy about a gay couple trying to adopt a newborn from a drug-addict and her abusive girlfriend.
Achanum Bappayum
July 21, 1972The film tells the story of a Hindu man who adopts a Muslim child and allows her to follow Muslim traditions.